Brand Names You Might Be Pronouncing Incorrectly [Infographic]

There are a handful of brand names out there that are commonly mispronounced. A lot of it has to do with a mistranslation between languages, but it's still interesting to learn which brands you might be saying incorrectly. This infographic lays them out.

The infographic, from UK brand Made By Oomph, lists 30 brand names that are commonly mispronounced and tells you how to pronounce them properly. Keep in mind, the infographic is from the UK, so if you're in Australia, there are some brands you might be surprised to learn are commonly mispronounced in other parts of the world. Check out the infographic, then head to the full post below.

I've replied to Brendo already. As I mentioned, a lot of these are global brands so surprised you guys haven't heard of at least 70% of them. There are a few luxury goods brands there so that might explain why. I only know some of them through my mum, who loves buying expensive goods... *shakes head*

I can't help but think that some of these are just accent problems, not exactly pronouncing it wrong. Like if there were a New Zealand company called ' Aotearoa Fish and Chips', we wouldnt say we were pronouncing it incorrectly if we didnt say 'Fush and chups'.

upon some further investigation, it seems to be neither really. well lay if you have a US accent, leg if its more british, but in Danish its somewhere a little in between the two. someone said you need to listen to how a dane says the word 'leg' in their language and that's the sound.
i grew up up saying it more lae-go, but meh...

Some of the pronunciations were just shocking. Saw Hyunday and my mind popped right off the bat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZaGkjPyjlE
The Au ad say hi-un-day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gpHzk30XM&nohtml5=False
This one sounds nothing like hun-day either

The "correct" pronunciation for Hyundai is also wrong. Assuming that the company's name is suppose to be pronounced like a Japanese word and not that the company decided to use a non-standard pronunciation or something.

"Hyundai" when written in Hiragana is "ひゅんだい" which is made up of four sounds: "hyu", "n", "da" and "i". "hyu" is like the first part of Hugh Jackman's name. "n" like the "N" in "Nelly". "da" like the "du" in "dud". And "i" like the "e" in "evil".

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